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Reverend Leon Sullivan is shown with others participating in a housing project groundbreaking event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Written on verso: GROUNDBREAKING FOR OICs PHILADELPHIA HOUSING PROJECT. A group of senior citizens and Rev. Leon H. Sullivan (third from left, in light-colored raincoat), chairman of OICs of America, and Rev. Barnard E. Witkowski (in dark overcoat), pastor of St. Ladislaus Polish Catholic Church, Philadelphia, clergy representative, take part in recent groundbreaking ceremonies marking the start of construction of a new $8.3 million senior citizens housing complex in the Nicetown area of Northwest Philadelphia. OICs [Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America] will own and manage the federally funded complex, which will be called Opportunities Tower. Mayor William Green of Philadelphia and local, state and federal dignitaries attended the ceremony.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Leon Sullivan at a Groundbreaking Event, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
Reverend Leon Sullivan is shown with others participating in a housing project groundbreaking event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Written on verso: GROUNDBREAKING FOR OICs PHILADELPHIA HOUSING PROJECT. A group of senior citizens and Rev. Leon H. Sullivan (third from left, in light-colored raincoat), chairman of OICs of America, and Rev. Barnard E. Witkowski (in dark overcoat), pastor of St. Ladislaus Polish Catholic Church, Philadelphia, clergy representative, take part in recent groundbreaking ceremonies marking the start of construction of a new $8.3 million senior citizens housing complex in the Nicetown area of Northwest Philadelphia. OICs [Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America] will own and manage the federally funded complex, which will be called Opportunities Tower. Mayor William Green of Philadelphia and local, state and federal dignitaries attended the ceremony.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Housing, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Correspondence and a flyer related to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Black Awareness Bazaar, an event sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bazaar Committee in cooperation with the Philadelphia chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 4 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Documents Related to the Black Awareness Bazaar, January-February 1976
Date Created
1976
Description
Correspondence and a flyer related to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Black Awareness Bazaar, an event sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bazaar Committee in cooperation with the Philadelphia chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 4 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Employment, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American businesspeople, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records